Arizona’s Joe Arpaio’s Office Filled With Racist Jokes

Arizona’s Joe Arpaio’s Office Filled With Racist Jokes

Mary Mata May 4, 2011

And now for the surprise of the century: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office routinely and frequently circulated racist, anti-Latino jokes among employees via email. What’s more, Arpaio distributed letters […]

Proposed Alabama Law To Kids At Prom: Show Me Your Papers

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Imagine the hapless kid, awkward and all thumbs,  putting a corsage on his prom date’s wrist then doing a quick check of his pockets to make sure he’s got his […]

Texas’ Latino Population Growth Absent On University Campuses

Mary Mata May 3, 2011

Texas has grown by leaps and bounds and it’s almost wholly due to Latino population growth. What this means for the state, or for the politicos that run it, is […]

Texas Congressman: Drug Test The Unemployed

Mary Mata

Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold recently told a town hall meeting audience in Brownsville, Texas that people who are unemployed and on other public benefits should probably be drug tested, because it’s […]

Latino Politico Sees Change In Conneticut Town

Mary Mata May 2, 2011

Edwin Vargas has seen Hartford, Connecticut go through some pretty astounding changes in the 40 years that he’s lived there. Now, as a candidate for mayor, he’s hoping to be […]

Birthers To Obama: Show Us Your Papers

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This has been bothering me since President Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate. Depending on who you talk to the release was either a brilliant political move or a raw capitulation. Trump and […]

Undoing Tucson Ethnic Studies Illegal, Nonsensical And Expensive

Mary Mata April 29, 2011

[Editor’s Note: The following was written by myself and Christina Saenz of Pa’lante Latino] The Tucson Unified School District’s attempts to unravel the ethnic studies program there doesn’t really make any […]

National Day Of Spanish To Promote Latino Solidarity

Mary Mata

A Latina has begun a movement to promote a National Day of Spanish, modeled after the National Day of Silence, to stand in “support and solidarity with all those who […]

Latino Baseball Players May Boycott All-Star Game In Arizona

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The rumors started flying at spring training. Half of the 30 Major League Baseball teams hold their spring training ritual in Arizona and this year part of that ritual included […]

Immigration Hall Of Shame For Anti-Latino Politicos

Mary Mata April 28, 2011

Immigrants’ List (IL), a bipartisan political action committee, recently revealed the names of 10 Washington politicians who made it into their “Immigration Hall of Shame.” These politicians, both Republicans and […]